Amaranthus brownii[edit]

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I've listed this article for peer review because I'm getting ready to nominate it as a good article and I would like to know what I've missed or what I can focus on for improvement.

Thanks, Viriditas (talk) 05:56, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kingdon's Comments:

• The article looks good. The one thing I'd expand on a bit is more of a description of the plant: how does it differ from other Amaranthus species? Probably a bit of "like other Amaranths, it blah blah blah" too. Does it reproduce vegetatively or by seed (if known)? If there's anything else such as medicinal uses or ornamental uses or anything, they'd go here too (although I suppose that's unlikely for a plant with such a small range). Kingdon (talk) 05:16, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• In progress... Viriditas (talk) 10:32, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ruhrfisch comments: Very briefly, here are some suggestions for improvement. If you want more comments, please ask here.

• The lead should be expanded per WP:LEAD to at least two paragraphs. My rule of thumb is to include every header in the lead in some way.
• I owuld try to be more specific (use a date) than "more recently" in More recently, the invasive Schistocerca nitens, a nonnative grasshopper, has presented an even larger threat to A. brownii. In five years it will not be as recent.
  • Done, but the prose is too choppy. I will attempt to iron it out in the coming days. Viriditas (talk) 14:04, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• This needs a ref: The plant is sometimes referred to as Brown's Amaranth, Brown's Pigweed, or Browns Amaranth, although it is unclear which, if any, common name is in use. Also the whole Nomenclature section is only two sentences - could it be combined with another section? "Nomenclature and morphology" perhaps?
  • Partly done. USDA and UH botany dept. cited. I've deleted the latter part. I'll see what I can do about expanding or merging the section. Viriditas (talk) 05:15, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Any chance of adding a map so the location of the island is clearer?

Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). Yours, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:59, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• In progress... Viriditas (talk) 10:32, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• I've added refs for the common names. --MPerel 17:12, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]